Oregon Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)

Question 20.

How old were you when you smoked a whole cigarette for the first time?

Unweighted Column Percents
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6th 7th 8th
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Total
I have never smoked a whole
cigarette 77.1 67.6 55.8
8 years old or younger 4.8 5.8 6.9
9 years old 3.5 3.8 3.8
10 years old 6.2 5.8 5.2
11 years old 6.1 7.3 7.2
12 years old 2.3 7.7 9.5
13 years old .1 1.8 9.3
14 years old or older .0 .1 2.3
Female
Total
I have never smoked a whole
cigarette 77.8 68.7 55.2
8 years old or younger 4.9 5.1 6.1
9 years old 3.2 3.6 3.7
10 years old 6.6 5.9 5.2
11 years old 5.6 7.4 7.0
12 years old 2.0 7.9 10.4
13 years old .0 1.4 9.9
14 years old or older .0 .0 2.6
Male
Total
I have never smoked a whole
cigarette 76.5 66.6 56.5
8 years old or younger 4.6 6.5 7.6
9 years old 3.8 3.9 3.9
10 years old 5.9 5.8 5.3
11 years old 6.4 7.2 7.3
12 years old 2.7 7.5 8.6
13 years old .1 2.3 8.7
14 years old or older .0 .2 2.1
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Total N =
9,394

Unweighted Frequencies
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6th 7th 8th
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Total
I have never smoked a whole
cigarette 1,183 2,387 2,436
8 years old or younger 73 205 301
9 years old 53 133 165
10 years old 95 205 229
11 years old 93 258 312
12 years old 36 273 413
13 years old 1 65 405
14 years old or older 0 4 102
Female
Total
I have never smoked a whole
cigarette 616 1,209 1,200
8 years old or younger 39 90 132
9 years old 25 63 80
10 years old 52 103 113
11 years old 44 131 152
12 years old 16 139 225
13 years old 0 25 215
14 years old or older 0 0 56
Male
Total
I have never smoked a whole
cigarette 562 1,169 1,231
8 years old or younger 34 114 166
9 years old 28 68 85
10 years old 43 102 116
11 years old 47 126 160
12 years old 20 131 187
13 years old 1 40 189
14 years old or older 0 4 46
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Total N =
9,394